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General Purpose and Administration Committee
Minutes
January 14, 2011
Minutes of a special meeting of the General Purpose and Administration Committee
held on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at the Newcastle and District Recreation
Complex.
ROLL CALL
Present Were: Mayor A. Foster
Councillor R. Hooper
Councillor M. Novak, attended the meeting at 9:10 a.m.
Councillor J. Neal, attended the meeting at 9:26 a.m.
Councillor W. Partner
Councillor C. Trail)
Councillor W. Woo
Also Present:Chief Administrative Officer, F. Wu
Manager of Infrastructure, R. Albright
Municipal Solicitor, A. Allison
Manager of Internal Audit, C. Carr
Director of Community Services, J. Caruana
Manager of Communication and Marketing, J. Cooke, attended the
meeting from 9:45 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
Executive Assistant to the Mayor, L. Coutu
Director of Planning Services, D. Crome
Deputy Treasurer, L. Gordon
Library Director, E. Hopkins
Director of Operations, F. Horvath
Administrative Assistant to the Treasurer, H. Lynch
Director of Corporate Services & Human Resources, M. Marano
Executive Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer, J. Pascoe
Director of Finance/Treasurer, N. Taylor
Director of Emergency & Fire Services, G. Weir
Municipal Clerk, P. Barrie
DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST
There were no disclosures of pecuniary interest stated at this meeting.
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General Purpose and Administration Committee
Minutes
January 14, 2011
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Mayor Foster opened the meeting and turned the floor over to the Nancy Taylor,
Director of FinancelTreasurer.
Nancy Taylor, Director of Finance/Treasurer provided a verbal report, supported by a
PowerPoint presentation on the 2011 budget, highlighting the following areas:
• fiscal/economic update
• financial indicators -BMA Statistics
• historical trends
Resolution #GPA-025-11
Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Partner
THAT Committee recess for 5 minutes.
CARRIED
The meeting reconvened at 10:27 a.m.
The Treasurer continued her verbal report, addressing the following:
• Development Charges update
• explanation of tangible capital assets
• long-term debt update
• reserve and reserve fund update
Resolution #GPA-026-11
Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Partner
THAT Committee recess for 45 minutes.
CARRIED
The meeting reconvened at 12:50 p.m.
The Director of Finance/Treasureryrovided an explanation of education retained issues
and the preliminary capital budget.
Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer, provided an overview of the preliminary
staffing requests for the 2011 budget.
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General Purpose and Administration Committee
Minutes
January 14, 2011
The Director of Finance/Treasurerhlghlighted the proposed draft operating budget and
overall impact, the next steps in the process and 2012 considerations.
ADJOURNMENT
Resolution #GPA-027-10
Moved by Novak, seconded by Traill
THAT the meeting adjourn at 2:25 p.m.
CARRIED
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